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freiman the minstrel

Awsome.

I missed Monday at the Gym, but other than that, I am still on schedule.

For those that are training for the Big Dance at Pennsic, you have one hundred and nineteen days.

Double wars is a little closer.

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Tonight worked out to be a newbie night. None of our experienced fighters showed up. That's pretty rare. I am blaming it on an outbreak of stomach flu. I had told the lady that I would be helping her with armor when she showed up with Elbow pads, Knee pads, a stout sweatshirt, a heavy belt, a pair o...

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First, resonding to some points: I am a warrior who wishes to give and recieve stout blows at close quarters with my comrades in arms. Audax, while I respect a lot of your views I have to wonder where this attitude comes from. Can you be any more cliche? I have the same attitude. Giving and receivi...

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I am interested in the knees and the demi.

They are for a woman that I consider a friend.

Thorvaldr, would you put these on a woman you care about, and the send her into pennsic?

If so, I want them.

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Freiman; I'll spar with you at doublewars, I'll do pickups with you at Pennsic, and if you do not win this crown I'll give you all that I have at fall Crown. This I promise you. I'm not in this crown. This one belongs to Vitus. But I will gladly eat you for breakfast at double wars. If you bother t...

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So the question becomes, which holds up better for combat? Cloth cover or just paint the shield? Actually, I was answering the question "How do I stick cloth to an alu shield". That may not have been what was being asked. I have found that artists find painting cloth a lot easier than pai...

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Franklin, I advise, in the strongest possible terms, to not do this. The bottom of the price range is already populated with people with more experience and more mileage than you have. Some of them might have more talent than you have. All of them have better equipment than you have. Instead, I advi...

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I know that there are some problems with extant examples.

But, for the state of the art, currently, including the new Trellesborg find, who makes the best available Viking shields?

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Where are you?

I have one in Philly that nobody is using, but you will have to pick it up.

Sized Giant. Bar grille front.

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I just saw it the other day; I hadn't expected the LAIRE game to be such a big component of the movie, but it was, so that was a neat surprise. To me, LAIRE seemed almost exactly like Darkon, a Baltimore-area LARP organization, featured a few years ago in a documentary of the same name, and less li...

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For Alu, spray adhesive. Follow the instructions on the can. It works great sticking cloth to metal.

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The whole CA argument is not so interesting any more for me. I realized last year at Pennsic that there were nine card holding fighters within a good baseball throw of my camps front gate that just didn't fight that war. There were a dozen more that stated that they wanted to fight, but needed help ...

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mrks wrote:
to get a good idea of a CA behavior watch the gulfwars video that went around a few weeks ago?

Hi,

Do you have a link?

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An update for you. The surgery was a success. I am now rebuilding strength and flexibility in my shoulder and should be able to return to armor in a few weeks. Seeya there. That is fabulous! Remember to be gentle with yourself. Your power comes from what you can do this year, not what you can do to...

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It really is a lot of fun.

I want to move to Kissmyanthia.

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Guys, One the the frustrating things about being in Drachenwald is that sometimes you have to train people that you know are about to leave. The best you can do is prepare them as best you can, and send them off into the world. I have a newbie that is moving to the Barony of Vatavia in about four mo...

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But this is because I have completely dedicated my life to beating Champions. To soundly defeating them in such a way that they will marvel at it for the rest of their existence. I have placed this at the top of my priorities list. There is no pain that I will not endure. There is no effort that I ...

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Yeah, yesterday was quite disheartening, but not nearly so disheartening as when I couldn't find a way to lay down that didn't hurt. If you will check the time stamp on my whiney post above, you will see that it was quite late at night, right after I discovered that we didn't have any Tylenol PM. Pl...

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I was thinking about my previous posts on this thread, and I have decided that I have done you a disservice. It is time for a little fire. I have not given you the full impression of what I am doing to be ready for you. I have not given you the full measure of my commitment. I haven't told you exact...

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twoswords wrote:I am coming for you Freiman!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljse-LzUCPY

Thanks, Your Majesty.

I needed that tonight.

And I hope you bring it all. If I have my way, you are going to need it.

For the rest of you, you have 126 days.

Use it well. The seconds are ticking away.

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Guys, I would really appreciate it if you would at least try to help me develop this. If you are not contributing, please go away. But on subject, Tonight was a relative disappointment, though it was enlightening. The lessons I learned were this. They are listed in no particular order. I can't do sq...

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I was apparently quite wrong about that.

thanks for clearing that up.

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I don't know very much about the Unbelted Champions battle at Pennsic, but I have been doing Pennsic every year since 23, so I can tell you two things. First, Unbelted Champions at Pennsic is the generally said to have the highest calibration in the SCA. I would consider very carefully before agreei...

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Somebody just told me a joke.

Does this thread count as an internet correspondence course in asskickery?

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I am familiar with the block. Extended a little further, it is the wrap defense in Lazy Minstrel, and the built in Ripost is useful. I have learned some other things lately that I am more excited about. I found one spot where you can cause the stick to move in several directions, depending on what y...

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Well, with Core day, it didn't get any easier. The combinations didn't start to flow like water, and I didn't keep my focus any better. I still had a problem with the sticks whacking against each other during the free form section. I gained two pounds (well, one point eight pounds). My body fat perc...

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I talk a lot. Does that count? f Yes you do. I can't remember or not, but I believe you were talking about cookies or something once. I'm serious, you were talking about something like that. I remember telling Animal "You have to be faster than that old man!" in the Gates of Rome battle l...

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I talk a lot.

Does that count?

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Freiman, after looking at your plan - are you doing this <i>every day</i>? I'd advise you to be on a six-week rotation. Routine is the enemy. No, that is the schedule for an arm/chest/back day. Tuesday and Thursday is core day, which for me is a lot harder, because the temptation to say "OK, I...

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My Leige, I am glad that I could be of some service. You do need to remember that your own accomplishments are about ten to fifteen times greater than my own. Literally, in virtually every sense. If I am useful for a bump start, allowing you to recommit, then that is excellent. And there is truth to...

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Dane axe is a lot of fun. There is a lot going on psychologically when you are swinging a big honking piece of wood around. There is a lot of finesse available, but the brutality bonuses are mighty. There is a technique where you meet an incoming thrust behind the head of the incoming weapon with a ...

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Your Grace, Thanks a lot for looking over the sheet. You took a lot of time and energy to respond. I appreciate it. I really do need help to get this right. I'll skip over the litany of the workout because it is not important. Really isn't. First question: Are you having fun ? Corollaries: if not, w...

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It's still not ready. The head training portions are working fine, though I am feeling a little lost with them. The pure athletic portions are sort of coming on line, but they still feel really clumsy. I am really sore, so I am guessing that they are good. The pell portions of the workout were start...

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Sha-ul,

I will float this past the ladies in my wife's house, House Talbot. There are several women who spin there.

No promises.

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With any luck I'll make it to pennsic this year. Well, then please come by my camp this time and drink my beer. I am out in the middle of nowhere (e-29). If that doesn't work out, I will come to you. I am glad that you are making this step, if you think that its' the right one for you. I certainly ...

The most accurate Viking Sheild repros?

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